Before anything official begins, someone is called first.
The person called first is the one people already trust. Coordinators are the quality layer behind Kofa — trusted country partners whose credibility makes every brief, verification, and decision asset trustworthy.
A coordinator is a steward of trust.
Kofa gives that trust structure, so it travels further — into the evidence that makes every decision asset defensible when cited.
A Recruiter
A recruiter fills positions. Their measure is volume. Remove one and the pipeline slows — the network continues.
A Middleman
A middleman takes a share of an exchange that would happen without him. Remove the coordinator layer and there is no network.
A Steward of Trust
A steward holds something on behalf of others. Their credibility was established long before Kofa existed — the network works because they were already trusted.
Organisations grow. Trust does not grow with them automatically.
A programme that works in one community gets replicated across ten. The handshakes and quiet assurances no longer travel at the same speed as the organisation. This is where networks quietly fail: trust was assumed, instead of designed.
The network expands faster than the guarantees holding it together
Personal relationships carry everything — until that person leaves
Verification is left to familiarity, which is not a check at all
Coordinators carry credibility earned before Kofa existed
Verification is independent of the introduction — advocacy and confirmation never coincide
Quality is measured at every stage, and reward follows quality, not activity
You use the platform too.
Coordinators don’t manage the network from spreadsheets and phone calls. The same platform the seeker uses carries your work — matched briefs, verification, evidence, and payment with a clock on it.
Every step produces something reviewable.
Sourcing, verification and support each leave an artefact the asset is built from.
Market Entry · Kenya — informal credit dynamics in Mombasa. Your sourcing feeds the proposal.
Source · Decline
A structured, recorded interview — conducted by a different coordinator than the one who sourced them. Enforced by the platform, not by memory.
Once your work is verified, you know the outcome quickly and are paid quickly.
Each tier is a different degree of stewardship.
Tiers measure responsibility rather than hierarchy: each one is a different answer to how much of the network depends on you.
Each gate opens on consistently demonstrated quality — sourcing, verification, responsiveness, reliability — never on time served. The path is the same for everyone.
Three rules the network runs on.
As a network grows, informal guarantees stop being enough. These three decisions replace them.
Separation of responsibility
No coordinator verifies a practitioner they sourced. Advocacy and verification never coincide — enforced by the platform, not by memory.
Evidence before trust
Every stage leaves something reviewable: a self-initiated entry, a recorded interview, a track record over time.
Incentives aligned with quality
Reward follows sourcing and verification that hold up over time — never volume, never activity that only looks like growth.
Finding the right practitioner is half the work.
Making sure they can be heard is the other.
Coordinators do not simply bring practitioners in and step away. They stay involved until the conversation the brief was designed for actually happens.
Minimal Support
Self-sufficient — reliable connectivity, familiar technology, no translation needed
Brief confirmation and prep room agenda
A single check-in before the session
Remote Support
Capable, but may need guidance with the platform
Walk-through of the session platform
Available during the session in case of interruption
On-Ground Support
Physical presence required — unfamiliar technology, unreliable connectivity, or translation
Present to assist with device and logistics
Translation where the practitioner thinks most precisely in another language
The level is set during verification by the coordinator who spoke with the practitioner — the person best placed to know what they will need.
Trust only lasts when it moves in both directions.
Protect the integrity of the network — even when it is slower or less convenient
Verify honestly — your judgement is the quality assurance chain
Choose long-term trust over short-term gain
Rules that are clear before they are enforced
Progression that is earned and transparent
Payment with a clock on it — the timeline is fixed before you begin
Neither side asks the other to uphold a standard they are unwilling to uphold themselves. The result is evidence the seeker can stand behind.
Start here
The work was always going to depend on someone like you.
If you’re someone others already rely on to identify experienced practitioners, introduce yourself. Kofa reviews the introduction and appoints you at Ad Hoc; the platform carries the rest — sourcing, verification, session support, and payment on a fixed timeline.
Separation of responsibility · Evidence before trust · Incentives aligned with quality